🏖️ New Jersey History: On Oct. 3, 1776, New Jersey legislators proposed the state’s first Great Seal. The final design, adopted the following year, included symbols that remain familiar today, including three plows, a horse’s head, and the figures of Liberty and Ceres. (More)

WELCOME TO THE WEEKEND! What better way to relax than a throwback to our youth—it’s game time! Below you’ll find a bevy of fun games and puzzles to entertain your morning. You’ll also find a roundup of the top-read stories from this past week. Enjoy.

365> Monmouth County schools earned national recognition in Niche’s 2027 Best Schools rankings, with seven public high schools in New Jersey’s top 50, as well as private and Catholic schools, STEM, college preparation, and athletics ranked. (Read Our Roundup)

365> Charlie Ingrassia, a football player from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, was nominated for the Heart of a Giant Award from USA Football. Charlie lives with cerebral palsy and epilepsy. (Vote for Charlie Here)

365> Coffee Crawl: Our crew scoured the county to find our 15 favorite coffee houses to celebrate International Coffee Day. (And we loved every minute of it!) (See List)

365> Firefighters rescued a doe trapped in a fence as the nor’easter hit. (More)

365> A Holmdel teen turned a backyard experiment into HydroProduce, which donated over 3,500 pounds of fresh produce to food pantries while helping to shape local laws. (More)

365> Newlyweds were married at the Middletown-Red Bank Life Time Gym. Last weekend’s Nor’easter forced a last-minute change of plans. (More)

365> Nor’easter rain totals. (See List) Flooding and damage. (See Photos)

365> A 1764 will written on sheepskin is among more than 50 historic documents transferred to the Monmouth County Archives for preservation. The collection also includes an 1889 estate petition involving Mernetta Revey, whose family was part of Tinton Falls’ Black community. (More)

365> Lindsay Lohan and Henry Golding will star in Netflix’s Return to You, reuniting Lohan with Mean Girls director Mark Waters. (More)

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